Horse-detacher.



M. S. JANUARY.

HORSE DETAGHER.

APPLIOATIOH rmm APB-.16,1908

909,420. Patented Jan."12,1909.

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HORSE 'DETAGHER.

APPLICATION FILED APE. 16.1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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UNITED SATS PAENT OFFICE.

MOSES SOLOMON JANUARY, OF KYLE, TEXAS.

HORSE -DE TACHEB.

Application filed April 16, 1908.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Moses SOLOMON JAN- UARY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kyle, in the county of Hays, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Detachers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to horse detachers and has for its primary object to simplify the construction of such devices and to render them cheaper to manufacture and better adapted for use.

My invention belongs to that type in which the thills are held to their couplings by means of pins which may be withdrawn to release the thills and the novelty of my invention lies not only in the provision of a novel means for holding the pin in place but also in the fact that I employ flexible connections between the pins and the element which is to be grasped to detach the thills.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a buggy showing the application of my invention thereto, Fig. 2 is a similar view in detail but showing only that portion of the device which is carried by the axle, Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the parts in section, and Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of one of the coupling elements.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings there is shown a buggy including the usual form of dash 5 and axle 6 to which latter are attached the ordinary thill clips for the attachment of thills. The thill clips include the usual apertured spaced ears 9 and passed through the eyes of these ears and the eye of the thill iron therebetween is a pin 10 formed adjacent one end with a collar 11, which, when the pin is so engaged through the eyes, abuts against the inner one of the pair of ears 9 as is clearly shown in the front elevation of the drawings and also in the sectional view. The pins are held in this engagement, normally, through the instrumentality of springs as will now be fully explained. A spring compression member 12 is bent to form an eye 13 which encircles the pin 10 between the collar 11 and the end of the pin adjacent which the collar Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan/12, 1909.

Serial No. 427,555.

is formed. This spring compression member 12 is then passed downwardly and bent to extend beneath the ears 9 and is formed at its opposite end which is located prefer ably beneath the outer one of the pair of ears 9, with a hook 14:. Another spring compression member 15 is bent around the said outer one of the pair of ears 9 at its point of junction with the thill clip as indicated at 16 and this latter member 15 is extended downwardly and thence extends beneath the pair of ears with its opposite end located beneath the inner one of the pair of ears and formed with a hook 17. A spring 18 is engaged upon portions of the two spring compression members l t and 15 which ex tend adjacent the ears and the hooked ends of these members are engaged with the adjacent ends of the spring, it being understood that if the pin 10 is acted upon to withdraw it from engagement through the eyes of the ears 9 and of the ear upon the thill iron, the spring 18 will be compressed. It will also be understood that upon such movement, the thill will be released. Both the thill couplings and thills are provided with the same instrumentalities as will be readily understood.

I will now describe the mechanism which I have provided for the purpose of retracting both of the pins 10 simultaneously.

Secured to the front axle 6 by means of suitable clips 19, are sleeves 20 there being two such sleeves, one extending from a point adjacent the inner end of each pin 10 and inwardly in the direction of the middle of the axle 6, the inner end portions of these sleeves being bent upwardly as at 21. At their inner ends, the pins 10 are formed with eyes 22 and connected through these eyes are wires 23, the said wires being led through the sleeves as clearly shown in the sectional view of the drawing and upwardly through the inner ends thereof, they being connected at their ends to the lower end of 100 a rod 2% which is mounted in suitable brackets 25 upon the dash 5 of the vehicle so that it may be slid vertically. The rod 24; is formed at its upper end with a handle 26 which permits of the rod being pulled 105 receive the thill irons, and a coupling pin pression members between-the hooks, and passing therethrough and having a collar, of means for Withdrawing the coupling pin. 10

a spring compression member engageable In testimony whereof, I affix my signaat one end with the aforesaid collar and ture in presence of two Witnesses.

formed at the other end With a hook, a. MOSES SOLOMON JANUARY. second compression member secured at one lVitnesses:

end to-the coupling and having at its other W. S. ETHRIDGE,

end a hook, a spring coiled around the com- A. O. DUTY. 

